The impact of pre-existing cross-reactive immunity on SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccine responses

SM Murray, AM Ansari, J Frater, P Klenerman… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Pre-existing cross-reactive immune responses to severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) proteins in infection-naive subjects have been described by …

Interfering with interferons: A critical mechanism for critical COVID-19 pneumonia

HC Su, H Jing, Y Zhang… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 results in clinical outcomes ranging from silent or benign
infection in most individuals to critical pneumonia and death in a few. Genetic studies in …

Persistent serum protein signatures define an inflammatory subcategory of long COVID

A Talla, SV Vasaikar, GL Szeto, MP Lemos… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Long COVID or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) is a clinical syndrome featuring
diverse symptoms that can persist for months following acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. The …

Autoantibodies against chemokines post-SARS-CoV-2 infection correlate with disease course

J Muri, V Cecchinato, A Cavalli, AA Shanbhag… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 associates with diverse
symptoms, which can persist for months. While antiviral antibodies are protective, those …

Macrophage ACE2 is necessary for SARS-CoV-2 replication and subsequent cytokine responses that restrict continued virion release

LI Labzin, KY Chew, K Eschke, X Wang, T Esposito… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Macrophages are key cellular contributors to the pathogenesis of COVID-19, the disease
caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The SARS-CoV-2 entry receptor ACE2 is present only on …

Autoantibodies neutralizing type I IFNs underlie West Nile virus encephalitis in∼ 40% of patients

A Gervais, F Rovida, MA Avanzini, S Croce… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - rupress.org
Mosquito-borne West Nile virus (WNV) infection is benign in most individuals but can cause
encephalitis in< 1% of infected individuals. We show that∼ 35% of patients hospitalized for …

Triplication of the interferon receptor locus contributes to hallmarks of Down syndrome in a mouse model

KA Waugh, R Minter, J Baxter, C Chi, MD Galbraith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Down syndrome (DS), the genetic condition caused by trisomy 21, is characterized by
variable cognitive impairment, immune dysregulation, dysmorphogenesis and increased …

Vaccine breakthrough hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia in patients with auto-Abs neutralizing type I IFNs

P Bastard, SE Vazquez, J Liu, MT Laurie… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Life-threatening “breakthrough” cases of critical COVID-19 are attributed to poor or waning
antibody (Ab) response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in individuals already at risk. Preexisting …

Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 is characterized by diminished peripheral CD8+β7 integrin+ T cells and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgA response

A Santa Cruz, A Mendes-Frias… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Several millions of individuals are estimated to develop post-acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2
condition (PASC) that persists for months after infection. Here we evaluate the immune …

Risk factors of severe COVID-19: a review of host, viral and environmental factors

L Zsichla, V Müller - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 are highly variable, ranging from
asymptomatic infections to severe disease and death. Understanding the risk factors of …